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We tested Sapphire's Pure Mini with a low power Athlon X2 255 and, as you can see, the difference in performance between running the CPU in this and a full size AMD 790 equipped motherboard is negligible.

What's more, the power usage is much lower too.

You can also bung a decent GPU in there thanks to the PCI-E lane so a mini gaming rig isn't beyond the realms of possibility.

Sapphire IPC-AM3DD785G Desktop Board is Mini-iTX motherboards designed with rich functionality and reliable performance in a small footprint that measure just 170 x 170 mm. The highly integrated platforms features low power consumption of less than 100 Watts and have one basic PCI-E X16 expansion slot for graphics card.